Long-Lost Celebrity Twins

"You could not escape putting on the radio and hearing that song," Alperin told WalletPop. "Or going to the market and hearing that song. At one point it almost turned into Muzak. But I was never, never sick of the song."

"Sharona was only 17 when she was immortalized in the Knack's 1979 hit single My Sharona. Sharona tells that "My Sharona has had an impact on my ability to understand the entertainers mind, there's something simpatico. You've got to care to the n'th degree. You can't drop the ball for one minute." I sell "the most emotional product on the market, because a star's home is their only safe haven."

The easily recognized riff has survived in several forms. It was parodied as Weird Al Yankovic's "My Bologna." It also was used in a Taco Bell commercial that referred to "My Chalupa."